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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1246

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1246  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
 5    Section 9A-4."; and

 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is  amended  by
 9    changing Section 9A-4 as follows:

10        (305 ILCS 5/9A-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-4)
11        Sec. 9A-4.  Participation.
12        (a)  Except  for  those  exempted  under  subsection  (b)
13    below,  and  to  the  extent  resources  permit, the Illinois
14    Department as a condition of eligibility for public aid, may,
15    as provided by rule, require all recipients to participate in
16    an education, training, and employment program,  which  shall
17    include  accepting  suitable  employment  and refraining from
18    terminating employment  or  reducing  earnings  without  good
19    cause.
20        (b)  A  recipient  Recipients  shall  be  exempt from the
21    requirement of participation in the education, training,  and
 
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 1    employment  program  if  he  or  she  is  determined  by  the
 2    Department to be exempt because he or she is:
 3             (1)  a person who is ill, incapacitated, or 60 years
 4        of age or older;
 5             (2)  a  child  who is under 16 years of age or under
 6        the age of 19 and attending a secondary,  vocational,  or
 7        technical school full-time;
 8             (3)  a person whose presence in the home is required
 9        because of the illness or incapacity of another member of
10        the household, provided that, to the extent the person is
11        providing  care  for  another member of the household for
12        the number of hours required in subsection (n) of Section
13        9A-9, that person shall be deemed to be participating  in
14        community service;
15             (4)  a parent or other relative of a child under one
16        year  of  age  who  is  personally providing care for the
17        child for a maximum period of 12 months;
18             (5)  a woman who  is  pregnant,  beginning  30  days
19        prior  to  the medically verified date of delivery of her
20        child. in the following circumstances:
21             (1)  The recipient is a person over age 60; or
22             (2)  The recipient is a person with  a  child  under
23        age one.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.".

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